Barnegat man faces eviction for feeding cats outside

Violates lease pact, borough law by tending to stray animals

3:43 PM,
Aug. 15, 2013

Tom O'Brien has been living in the Brighton of Barnegat Trailer park for nine years now and has been an animal lover for many more years. But now he is facing eviciton because they claim is efforts to feed the cats in his neighborhood - which he also make an effort to have them spayed and neutered - violate his lease agreement. He is plays with one cat named 'Mr. Phil' as he give him treats in the kitchen. Tuesday August 13, 2013 - Barnegat NJ Staff Photographer/Peter Ackerman/Asbury Park Press ASB 0814 cats and evictions obrien130813a

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Kristi Funderburk
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A borough man's lifelong love for animals now has him facing possible eviction.

Tom O'Brien has been putting food outside for two cats, both neutered and spayed, that were left when his neighbor moved out of the community.

The seemingly simple gesture, however, is one of a handful of violations of the lease agreement that he signed nine years ago as well as township law, according to Lori Greenberg, the attorney representing his landlord, Brighton at Barnegat. ...